Philosophy

Danish heroes

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian and psychologist. He is often referred to as the father of existentialism and the biggest Danish philosopher. Kierkegaard's early work was written under various pseudonyms where he used to present distinctive viewpoints and "authors" interacted with each other in complex dialogue. In 1843 Kierkegaard published "Either/Or" where he brings up the "aesthetic" and the "ethical" ways of life. Kierkegaard had a spiritual crisis in 1848. After this point, his work began to attack the church and Christianity's complacency. In 1850, he published Practice in Christianity under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus. He felt this was his most important book and saw it as a reintroduction of Christianity.